China’s economy grew by 4 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, with the slowdown promoting the central bank to cut two key policy rates to address headwinds.

China’s exports grew by 29.9 per cent in 2021 compared to the previous year, while imports last year grew by 30.1 per cent over the same period, customs data released on Friday showed.

China’s official consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.5 per cent in December from a year earlier, while the producer price index (PPI) rose by 10.3 per cent last month, data released on Wednesday showed.

A story looking at Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan took centre stage as the most read economy story of 2021 at the top of a list otherwise dominated by China-Australia relations.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement took effect for most of the 15 member countries, including China, on January 1.

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose for a second month in a row in December, but 2021 ends with the world’s second-largest economy facing a number of uncertainties.

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China has imposed anti-dumping duties on Australian wines since March, but the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to establish a dispute-settlement panel in October.

China cut its one-year loan prime rate (LPR) on Monday for the first time since April 2020 amid mounting economic pressures.

China’s retail sales, industrial production and fixed-asset investment all grew in November from a year earlier, data released on Wednesday showed.

China’s official consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.3 per cent in November from a year earlier, while the producer price index (PPI) rose by 12.9 per cent last month.

China’s producer price index (PPI) rose by what was said to be a record high in September, but an update to the official inflation database meant October’s subsequent rise was not reported as a record.

China’s retail sales and industrial production growth both beat expectations in October, according to data released on Monday.

Higher raw material prices, which have plagued mainly the metals-dependent industries in China, are now spreading to consumer goods industries.

China’s official consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.5 per cent in October from a year earlier, while the producer price index (PPI) rose by 13.5 per cent last month.

China has been dealing with power rationing and blackouts since September due to Beijing’s determination to cut emissions and surging prices.

The exchange rate between China’s yuan and the US dollar has become a closely watched issue as a lower yuan exchange rate figure means it takes fewer yuan to purchase one US dollar, indicating a stronger Chinese currency.

China’s economy grew by 4.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2021 compared with a year earlier, down from the 7.9 per cent growth seen in the second quarter.

Poor retail sales, surging raw material costs, widespread power outages and mutant Covid-19 outbreaks have slowed China’s economic recovery over the past three months.

Rising factory-gate prices in China, which could eventually filter through to consumers, and signs of cooling economic growth are fuelling risks of ‘stagflation’, economists say.

China’s official producer price index (PPI) rose by 10.7 per cent in September from a year earlier, while the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.7 per cent last month.

China has been faced with international criticism over alleged forced labour, genocide and other abuses against the Uygur Muslim population since 2017.

China’s official non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) bounced back to 53.2 in September, but the official manufacturing PMI fell to 49.6

China’s purchases of US goods under the much ballyhooed trade deal signed in January 2020 have so far reached only 69 per cent of the target, according to a new report.

China’s official producer price index (PPI) rose by 9.5 per cent in August from a year earlier, while consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.8 per cent.

China’s Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 46.7 in August from 54.9 in July, data released on Friday showed.

China’s official non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 47.5 in August, from 53.3 last month, while the official manufacturing PMI fell to 50.1.

The US-China trade war began in July 2018, eventually leading to tariffs on some US$550 billion of Chinese goods and US$185 billion of US goods.

President Xi Jinping’s rhetoric on common prosperity, which calls for citizens to share in the opportunity to be wealthy, has surged this year – long after being first mentioned by former leader Mao Zedong in the 1950s.

China’s official producer price index (PPI) rose by 9 per cent in July from a year earlier, while the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1 per cent last month.